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  1. Alexandre Dumas: How alexandre dumas's writings exspanded over the years
Alexander Dumas." EPIK. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. <http://www.alexanderdumas.com/>.
  1. Wrote plays for the theatre Henry 3 and his court
  2. 'Christine" was equally popular
  3. These plays mad it possible for him to be a writer as a full time writer
  4. 1838 he wrote the play that madde his first serial novel
  5. more than 150 years ago he wrote "the three musketeers"
  6. the book was set in the 17th century
  7. february 1 1840 he got married
  8. was first famouse for his dramas
  9. he wrote journal articles on politics and culture and books on French history
  10. in 1819 Dumas meets Adolphe de Leuven with who he will write his first literay works
  11. 1846 he publishes Le Batard de Mauleon, Joseph Balsamo, Une Fille du Regent
  12. 1850 Dumas is prosecuted for his debts
  13. 1856 Publication of Les Compagnons de Jéhu
  14. Through the years some works were published in several printings and translations under different titles
  15. Dumas' plots were inspired by his father's wild adventures.
  16. In 1850 Dumas published The Black Tulip, a romantic adventure
  17. Dumas was an omnivorous reader.
  18. His first produced drama was LA CHASSE ET L'AMOUR
  19. It opened on September 22, 1835
  20. The chatacters of the three musketeers have inspired many filmmakers
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/adumas1.htm
  1. French author of plays, popular romances, and historical novels
  2. was a dramatist and novelist
  3. It seemed to the theatergoers of Dumas's time that here at last was serious theater which presented an alternative to effete neoclassical drama.
  4. in 1830 The Revolution temporarily diverted Dumas from his writing
  5. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotterêts
  6. his works were popular among the 19th-century African-Amer
  7. Dumas' central works created a romantic fictional history of France
  8. but also had supernatural elements and characters
  9. Dumas developed character traits, and kept the action moving in his stories
  10. Birthplace Villers-Cotterets, France
  11. "All for one, one for all, that is our device." (three musketters)
  12. Dumas meets Adolphe de Leuven with whom he will write his first literay works
  13. Dumas was a clerk for a sollicitor befor becoming a writer
  14. his mother was a dress maker
  15. Dumas was admitted to the company francaise in 1874
  16. Dumas did not write his novels alone
  17. He had several assistants who helped him with research
  18. Some even outlined the plots of his novels for him and wrote early drafts
  19. Dumas was often in debt due to spending so much on his mistresses
  20. he had at least four illegitimate children
http://www.enotes.com/authors/alexandre-dumas
  1. Dumas was brought up by his mother
  2. He was born 24 July 1802
  3. He was born in the village of Villers-Cotterêts
  4. He died 5 December 1870
  5. Dumas was born in Paris
  6. Dumas' writing earned him a great deal of money
  7. Dumas was not looked upon favorably by the newly elected President
  8. In 1851 Dumas fled to Brussels
  9. In June 2005 Dumas' recently-discovered last novel
  10. Alexandre Dumas was born in Villes-Cotterêts, France
  11. Dumas made his breakthrough with HENRI III ET SA COUR
  12. Dumas earned fortunes and spent them right away on friends, art, and mistresses
  13. Died of a stroke
  14. Dumas grew up in a poor family
  15. French novelist and dramatist
  16. His father twas a generalinthe revolution
  17. At the age of 20 he obtained a minor post with the duc d'Orléans in Paris
  18. he was active in the Revolution of 1830
  19. His first successes were the historical dramas
  20. He was interested in Italian unification
http://www.answers.com/topic/alexandre-dumas
  1. was a part in Garibaldi's expedition in 1860.
  2. The Count of 3 is often considered, along with Three Musketeers, as Dumas's most popular work's
  3. It is claimed that his last words were: "I shall never know how it all comes out now,"
  4. He wrote several children's stories, and a culinary dictionary
  5. He started several magazines and wrote in them weekly
  6. did not shy away from collaborating with others or rewriting older stories
  7. he was married to actress
  8. known as ‘Dumas père’
  9. He produced Shakespearian plays
  10. whose special effects satisfied the popular demand for elaborate stage productions
  11. adventure stories that abound with swordfights, lavish costumes, beautiful women, and narrow escapes
  12. Dumas set out to produce a vast body of fiction
  13. in 1844 he had a string of brilliantly successful books
  14. he was almost as famous for his reckless spending and lavish lifestyle
  15. In his last days he was supported by his illegitimate son
  16. Alexandre Dumas was one-quarter black
  17. his grandfather had married a slave while serving as a government official in Haiti
  18. birthday july 27
  19. his son was also know as dumas pere
  20. had several affaris